random derby thoughts

[bdw0617]

a few thoughts i have and wanted to get down while they are still on my mind before i call it a night and hit the town and try not to get into too much trouble lol.


1. first and foremost, what I am really suprised by more than anything, is the fact that 165k people showed up today to watch the race. showed up to the track. to the sport that is dying and no one cares about.

Today proves to me beyond a shadow of a doubt what horse racing's strategy should be as a whole. And it has to start from the ground up. The reason they showed up today is because horse racing game them a reason to show up, not just the derby party but a damn damn good horse race with a bunch of really good horses in it. Today people showed if you build it we will come. If you produce top class horses and deep competitive races, we will show up and wager until the cows come home. Even yesterdays 112k was the 2nd highest ever for the oaks day.

Today horse racing had the center stage and put on a magnificent show with some magnificent 3YO's. No break downs, no fights, good racing from top to bottom. the under card had some horses like wine princess who will be heard from by the end of the year in bigger and better, the sprint horses brought it, the turf horses brought it, everyone brought it.


2. I am very exicted for the rest of the year beucase this group of horses has 5 legit LEGIT high level grade 1 horses in it. BM, I'll have another, Dullahan, creative cause, went the day well, hansen when he decides to act right, will run with anyone anywhere. This year's travers is going to be amazing. By the end of the year BM I would be shocked if he's not curlin/invasor/ghostzapper good. I pray to god they do not retire that horse this year. I would be sick. That's a horse that can bring em to the track right there.

3. Beyer should be ashsmed of himself with the travesty that he has done with his speed figures. they are not worth the paper they are printed on anymore and he let's his east coast bias get in the way of providing facts. lol every horse that leaves socal sprouts wings and runs 15 beyer points then their last race in santa anita. horses in florida and New york t5end to run career lows when they get on the big stage.


4. you got to train a horse to be a derby winner. I got blasted for it with union rags when i said it and it was not so much a knock on matz but i mean come on 2, really 1 and a half races after a long lay off and 1 5F prep and just toss him in a 20 horse field 10F race? the reason i had a hard time tossing IHA but eventually did pick CC over him was his work out pattern the last month. his workouts told me doug o'niel was not playing around and he felt he had a legit shot to win this race. he trained him like a derby horse.


5. I wonder who is going to go to the preakness. no horse really had any b ad luck or excuses, the pace was so fast everyone got a good triop because everyone was spread out. I doubt BM goes to the preakness. I see him being pointed to the belmont. I would think the rest of the top 5 would go as well. I would expect hansen to go as well that track plays more to his advantage and if he can get the lead he could shake lose.

6. Leaperoux could find traffic in the middle of the desert lol i'm convinced of it. Union rags started the race on the outside next to last at first call, yet somehow by the time they go to the next turn he was boxed in.


all in all great day, hope you made some money or at least didn't lose too much and let's do it again in 2 weeks
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[Barbaro06]

Hey bdw!

It was an awesome Derby day...the crowd was amazing to see. And wonderful to see a record crowd for the Oaks...history made yesterday for sure. The field was stellar and I believe too that it's going to be an interesting summer.

I believe Leparoux blew yet another race on Union Rags. Yeah, he could find traffic in the desert. The isolated camera told of Rags misfortune. He had to use up a lot of gas to get around tiring horses and get out of the boxes Leparoux got him in. Rags wound up sixth, but I believe he could have done better. If I were Matz I would get another jock.

It will be interesting to see who continues on to Baltimore.

All in all, a good day.
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[karenkarenn]

Did you see how everyone was all spread out on the track giving everyone room on the back stretch . Then in the last 1/4 of a mile 12 or the 20 couldn't complete 1mile and a quarter.
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[ratherrapid]

might agree they'd have to be considering a jock change for U. Rags, and maybe also a trainer, although the vids show Rags doing a little more than the PPs show. sometimes it's hard to tell.

[bdw0617]

[zinn21]

I heard a great story today at GGF on how Mario Guiterrez ended up riding the Derby winner, I'll Have Another. Mario as you might have heard rides mainly in the Northwest at Hastings Park. Mario rides first call for trainer Troy Taylor. Prior to this last winter Taylor and Gutierrez had been spending their winters at GGF. This last winter he applied for GGF stalls and was denied. I won't reveal the reason he was denied but he subsequently applies for stalls at Santa Anita and they approved him stalls. Gutierrez who had been riding at GGF the last few winters, follows Taylor to Santa Anita to ride first call for Taylor and the rest is history. He gets the mount on I'll Have Another and today wins the Derby... So Mario can thank Troy Taylor who can thank the powers that be at GGF for denying Troy stalls sending Taylor to SA this last winter which ultimately lead Gutierrez to the opportunity to ride on the winner of this year's Kentucky Derby...

[bdw0617]

wow.
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[bdw0617]

[Barcaldine]

I found it interesting that all three Grade One stakes winners yesterday at Churchill were produced by working man's breeding stock. The sires (FLOWER ALLEY, SPANISH STEPS and BOWMANS BAND) stood for $10,000, $2,000 and $1,500, or thereabouts. None of the dams was remarkable on the racetrack, as a producer, or by pedigree.

This is why our sport is so great. Good racehorses can come from anywhere.

[mightyhijames]

[Crystal]

I found it interesting that Mario said he dropped out of school to ride horses at the track.. A La Calvin Borel style move.. Again more Athletics getting paid
when they havent finished school.. nice.

[Sysonby]

[casallc]

[Sysonby]

[kimberley mine]